Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; as, a wanton display of disrespect; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. 2. (v. t.) Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. 3. (v. t.) Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. 4. (v. t.) Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief. 5. (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. 6. (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. 7. (n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. 8. (v. i.) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. 9. (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. 10. (v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
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